Saturday 22 February 1772

Plays

Event Type
Standard
Revenue
£152 16s 6d
Available Revenue
51%
Capacity
59%

Beneficiary(ies)
N/A
Commanded by
N/A
Requested by
N/A

Business

Income

Category Amount Full price Half price Aftermoney Supplementary Notes
Door Receipts £152 16s 6d £152 16s 6d £0 £0 £0
Total £152 16s 6d

Expenditure

Category Amount Payment Type A/c book entry Notes
Employees (Other) £417 8s 9d Internal Five Days Salary at £83: 9s: 9d [per] Diem
Lamplighters £3 16s Internal Lampmen
Supernumeraries £1 4s Internal Ext: Soldiers Because the extra soldiers paid around this time seem to have been related to "Practices" (see payments of 29 and 31 October 1771), they have been interpreted here as onstage soliders (i.e. supernumeraries), rather than as genuine security personnel.
Mantuamaking £2 Departmental Mants: Do: [Bill]
Tailoring £2 19s 1d Departmental Taylor's Do: [Bill]
Wardrobe Allowances (Performers) £2 Internal Mrs: Abington, on Cloaths Accot:
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £8 1s Internal 6 const: Sup: & Candn: & 126 Extra John Powel explains this recurrent DL payment in Tit for Tat (Houghton THE GEN TS 1574.316), p. 34, referring specifically to the 1747-49 seasons: "Four constant Supernumerary Scene-men to assist the Scene-men belonging to the House, and a Candle-Man, that see's all the Candles put out after the Play is over, at One Shilling each ... There are sometimes extraordinary Supernumerary Scene-men made use of in Plays to help at the Traps &c. such as Richard 3rd. Mackbeth, the Tempest &c. which have a Shilling each". Because the candleman was only a small part of the bundle, and was apparently considered to be close enough to the scenemen to be grouped with them, these payments have been categorised as "Carpentry and Sceneshifting".
Carpentry and Sceneshifting £4 5s 5d Departmental Carps: Bill
Scene Painters £12 Internal Mr: Carver, 12 Days
Scene Painters £3 Internal Mr: S: French, 12 Days
Bill Distribution £2 14s Internal Billstickers
Bill Distribution 12s External Handbills
Messengers and Porters 18s Internal J: Stevens
Renters' Shares £8 External Rent
Total £468 18s 3d